Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039973
- Title:
- After Dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, Pendleton County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1941/07/05
- Description:
- U. S. Forest Service guide, Jefferson Goldizen holds three year-old David Hunter Strother IV (great-grandson of "Porte Crayon") in the saddle as the boy's father, Porter Strother,(right)looks on. The dedication of a mountain peak as "Mt.Porte Crayon" in the Monongahela Forest was to honor the famous 19th century artist, writer, explorer, Civil War soldier, and diplomat, David Hunter Strother of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039974
- Title:
- Family of John Samuel Simms and Wife Sallie Tyler Summers Simms, Nicholas County W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1948
- Description:
- Information Included with photograph: "Pictured are: Buster, Mae, Cecil, Lara, Eva, Elva, Essie, J. S. Simms, Sallie Simms, Jesse. Not pictured: Lee and Marshall".
- IDNO:
- 039975
- Title:
- Baird Hardware Truck, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1922
- Description:
- Written on the side of the truck with the name is "Phone 500". All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039976
- Title:
- Dedication of O. E. S. Home, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1935/09/26
- Description:
- The Order of the Eastern Star is a fraternity that allows both men and women. Its is connected to the Freemasons.
- IDNO:
- 039977
- Title:
- Jack O' Rourke on Gauley River, Jodie, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Dapperly dressed in a suit, O'Rourke poses, sitting on rock in the river.
- IDNO:
- 039978
- Title:
- M. J. Simms Home, Montgomery, W. Va.
- Description:
- All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039979
- Title:
- Jesse Clarence Simms, Possibly North Fork or Matoaka, W. Va.
- Description:
- The sign next to Jesse Simms says "Use the Best Pure Paint".
- IDNO:
- 039980
- Title:
- Sawmill at Swiss, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Workers are not identified.
- IDNO:
- 039981
- Title:
- Building railroad on Little Elk Creek Swiss, W. Va. Nicholas County
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- John "Sam" Simms, 3rd from right. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039982
- Title:
- Little Elk Railroad, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Workers pose on a hand car and railroad track. Jesse C. Simms, 2nd from right. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039983
- Title:
- House of John Simms at Boomer, W. Va. Fayette County
- Description:
- Sold his cornfield to Union Carbine for alloy plant for $4,000.
- IDNO:
- 039984
- Title:
- Home of Ella Simms Straughan, St. Albans, W. Va.
- Description:
- No persons are identified.
